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ADDUSER.CONF(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual ADDUSER.CONF(5)
NAMEadduser.conf - adduser(8) configuration file
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/adduser.conf file is automatically generated by the adduser(8)
utility when invoked with the -C command-line option. It is not meant to
be edited by hand.
The /etc/adduser.conf file is used to pre-set certain configuration
options for the adduser(8) utility. When adduser(8) is invoked, it will
check to see if this file exists, and if so, the configuration will be
used or offered as the default settings. The adduser.conf file offers
three types of configuration:
+o Default settings offered by adduser(8). These options are specified
in the configuration file and offered as the default during every
invocation of the adduser(8) utility.
+o Configuration options which can be set in adduser.conf, but
overridden by passing a flag to adduser(8).
+o Configuration supported by adduser(8) but not offered by a flag or
during initial invocation.
In the first case, these options can be set in adduser.conf but will
still be offered when adduser(8) is invoked. In the second case,
adduser(8) will read the configuration data unless a flag has been passed
to override it. For example, the defaultshell option. In the third
case, the configuration will be utilized, but the user will never be
prompted to modify the default setting by either a flag or an adduser(8)
prompt. For example, the upwexpire setting.
The following configuration options can be set in adduser.conf:
defaultLgroup The default group new users will be added to.
defaultclass The default class to place users in as described
in login.conf(5).
defaultgroups This option is used to specify what other groups
the new account should be added to.
passwdtype May be one of no, none, random, or yes, as
described in adduser(8). As such, the text is
not duplicated here and may be read in
adduser(8).
homeprefix The default home directory prefix, usually
/home.
defaultshell The user's default shell which may be any of the
shells listed in shells(5).
udotdir Defines the location of the default shell and
environment configuration files.
msgfile Location of the default new user message file.
This message will be sent to all new users if
specified here or at the adduser(8) prompt.
disableflag The default message enclosed in brackets for the
lock account prompt.
upwexpire The default password expiration time. Format of
the date is either a UNIX time in decimal, or a
date in dd-mmm-yy[yy] format, where dd is the
day, mmm is the month in either numeric or
alphabetic format, and yy[yy] is either a two or
four digit year. This option also accepts a
relative date in the form of n[mhdwoy] where n
is a decimal, octal (leading 0) or hexadecimal
(leading 0x) digit followed by the number of
Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months or Years
from the current date at which the expiration
time is to be set.
uexpire The default account expire time. The format is
similar to the upwexpire option.
ugecos The default information to be held in the GECOS
field of /etc/master.passwd.
uidstart The default user ID setting. This must be a
number above 1000 and fewer than 65534.
EXAMPLES
The following is an example adduser.conf file created with the -Cadduser(8) flag and modified.
# Configuration file for adduser(8).
# NOTE: only *some* variables are saved.
# Last Modified on Fri Mar 30 14:04:05 EST 2004.
defaultLgroup=
defaultclass=
defaultgroups=
passwdtype=yes
homeprefix=/home
defaultshell=/bin/csh
udotdir=/usr/share/skel
msgfile=/etc/adduser.msg
disableflag=
upwexpire=91d # Expire passwords 91 days after creation.
SEE ALSOgroup(5), passwd(5), adduser(8), pw(8), rmuser(8)HISTORY
The adduser.conf manual page first appeared in FreeBSD 5.3.
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>.
BUGS
The internal variables documented here may change without notice. Do not
rely on them. To modify this file invoke adduser(8) with the -C option
instead.
FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE April 12, 2007 FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE